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Megachile? - Coelioxys modestus - female
Copyright © 2005 Beatriz Moisset

Megachile? - Coelioxys modestus - Female
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 5, 2005
Is it possible to ID it down to species?
Southeastern PA.
Hymenoptera Anthophila Megachilidae Coelioxys representative
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 6 September, 2005 - 5:07pm
Last updated 27 December, 2018 - 1:17pm

Moved
Moved from Cuckoo-leaf-cutter Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 February, 2014 - 8:35am

No, but....
No, but I can give you the correct genus:-) This is a nice shot of a female Coelioxys sp., parasitic on Megachile spp.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2005 - 5:28pm

 
Oops!
Thank for giving me the correct Genus.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 September, 2005 - 6:01pm

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